Author: JGREENWALT

SAN FRANCISCO – March 16, 2023 – Gaw | Poe LLP announced today that it has won a civil RICO jury trial on behalf of its clients. Gaw | Poe represented three small retail stores (“the Stores”) that had received demand letters accusing them of selling certain sexual enhancement pills in violation of the federal Lanham Act and federal…

By Mark PoeJanuary 9, 2023 Over the last year, three of the four current FTC Commissioners (one seat is vacant) have indicated an interest in renewed enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act as a potential means of policing anticompetitive conduct. The most robust support has been voiced by Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, who delivered a speech on the…

December 20, 2022 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE) The San Francisco-based law firm of Gaw | Poe LLP announced today that it recently filed a class action lawsuit against Fenix International Ltd., the parent company of OnlyFans.com. The lawsuit alleges that Fenix fails to comply with California law when it automatically renews…

By Jonathan Capriel – December 5, 2022, 2:38 PM EST The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear tobacco company Swisher’s requets to overcome a $9.1 million jury verdict over claims of breach of contract made by a smaller rival, Trendsettah USA Inc… Read more

By Hailey Konnath (April 15, 2022, 9:30 PM EDT) The Ninth Circuit on Friday partially reinstated a California federal jury’s $44.4 million verdict against tobacco company Swisher, ruling that the district court had incorrectly found that rival tobacco company Trendsettah committed “fraud on the court.”… Read more

SAN FRANCISCO – August 1, 2022 – Gaw | Poe LLP announced today that for the third straight year, partners Randolph Gaw and Mark Poe were both selected as Northern California Super Lawyers by Super Lawyers.  Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. This selection process includes independent research, peer…

By Khorri Atkinson (May 16, 2022, 8:42 PM EDT) A California federal court has preliminarily approved a $7 million settlement Google LLC reached with advertisers to resolve their proposed class action accusing the tech behemoth of failing to refund advertising publishers and their clients after shutting down their accounts over invalid advertising traffic… Read more

March 28, 2022 05:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE) The San Francisco-based law firm of Gaw | Poe LLP today filed a class action lawsuit against CMB Export, LLC, the general partner of CMB Infrastructure Investment Group VII, L.P.—an EB-5 Limited Partnership—on behalf of 57 of its 179 limited partners. The lawsuit alleges…

Gilead says HIV drugs were replaced in some cases with an antipsychotic drug or an over-the-counter painkiller By Joseph WalkerFollow and Corinne RameyFollowJan. 18, 2022 12:21 pm ET Drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc. GILD -2.65%decrease; red down pointing triangle said that a network of little-known drug suppliers and distributors sold illicit and potentially dangerous fake versions of its HIV medicines that ended up in…

By Katryna Perera (December 7, 2021, 5:19 PM EST) A California federal judge denied a cannabis drink maker’s bid for preliminary injuction in a trademark infringement case against a rival beverage company on Monday, saying the defendants are more likely to suffer irreparable harm from an injunction and that the plaintiffs are not likely to…